Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 657 382 784
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.43% 13.43% 12.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.01% 50.13% 46.12%
Number of salaries quoted 285 281 709
10th Percentile £24,400 £26,250 £29,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.04% -8.46%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,493 762 1,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 23.71% 26.78% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 761 546 1,459
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,143
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +0.76% -10.20%
75th Percentile £73,750 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £75,150
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,394 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.49% +5.03% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex +3 162 £55,000 +29.41% 21
Cambridgeshire -1 145 £60,100 +20.20% 26
Hertfordshire -5 131 £60,000 +8.46% 54
Suffolk +32 101 £41,245 -17.51% 12
Norfolk +3 88 £60,000 +84.43% 26
Bedfordshire +1 28 £22,750 -57.08% 21
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 67 (10.20%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.22%) WordPress
5 5 (0.76%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) Luigi
6 2 (0.30%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 85 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.91%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Dynamics AX
1 9 (1.37%) Dynamics GP
2 7 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.30%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.30%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 144 (21.92%) Power Platform
2 134 (20.40%) Microsoft 365
3 121 (18.42%) Azure AI
4 82 (12.48%) Entra ID
5 81 (12.33%) AWS
6 40 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (6.09%) PowerApps
7 37 (5.63%) Power Automate
8 36 (5.48%) OneDrive
9 34 (5.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 34 (5.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 22 (3.35%) GCP
11 21 (3.20%) GitHub
12 19 (2.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 18 (2.74%) SaaS
14 17 (2.59%) IaaS
15 12 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.67%) Azure AKS
17 10 (1.52%) Azure Storage
18 9 (1.37%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 57 (8.68%) Firewall
2 27 (4.11%) VPN
3 26 (3.96%) DNS
4 15 (2.28%) DHCP
5 14 (2.13%) WAN
6 13 (1.98%) Internet
7 12 (1.83%) TCP/IP
8 10 (1.52%) LAN
9 8 (1.22%) Wireless
10 7 (1.07%) Broadband
10 7 (1.07%) Network Security
11 6 (0.91%) DMZ
11 6 (0.91%) VoIP
12 4 (0.61%) VLAN
12 4 (0.61%) WLAN
13 3 (0.46%) SSL
14 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.30%) Structured Cabling
15 1 (0.15%) Cisco Wireless
15 1 (0.15%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (19.79%) Power BI
2 88 (13.39%) Tableau
3 61 (9.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.81%) MongoDB
5 23 (3.50%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.98%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.07%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.91%) Looker
10 6 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.76%) MySQL
12 3 (0.46%) Big Data
12 3 (0.46%) Metadata
13 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.30%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (1.98%) Git
2 8 (1.22%) JIRA
3 7 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.91%) MLflow
5 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 383 (58.30%) Social Skills
2 72 (10.96%) Finance
3 26 (3.96%) Law
4 25 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (2.13%) Public Sector
6 12 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.67%) Legal
8 10 (1.52%) Marketing
9 9 (1.37%) Multimedia
10 8 (1.22%) Retail
11 6 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.76%) Advertising
12 5 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.76%) Publishing
13 4 (0.61%) Banking
13 4 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.61%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.30%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 179 (27.25%) Analyst
2 162 (24.66%) Junior
3 160 (24.35%) Junior Analyst
4 91 (13.85%) Developer
5 82 (12.48%) Security Analyst
6 80 (12.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 80 (12.18%) Data Analyst
6 80 (12.18%) Junior Data Analyst
6 80 (12.18%) Junior Security Analyst
7 72 (10.96%) IT Support
8 60 (9.13%) Ethical Hacker
9 48 (7.31%) Senior
10 39 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
11 38 (5.78%) IT Engineer
12 35 (5.33%) Support Engineer
13 33 (5.02%) Network Engineer
14 32 (4.87%) Lead
15 31 (4.72%) .NET Developer
16 29 (4.41%) Software Developer
17 28 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.44%) CSS
2 58 (8.83%) .NET
3 54 (8.22%) HTML
4 50 (7.61%) .NET Core
5 31 (4.72%) ASP.NET
6 30 (4.57%) ASP.NET Core
7 22 (3.35%) HTML5 Canvas
7 22 (3.35%) JSON
8 19 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (2.89%) React
8 19 (2.89%) SPFx
9 17 (2.59%) REST
10 15 (2.28%) ML.NET
10 15 (2.28%) Node.js
10 15 (2.28%) RESTful
11 13 (1.98%) Entity Framework
12 10 (1.52%) Blazor
12 10 (1.52%) jQuery
13 9 (1.37%) SOAP
14 8 (1.22%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.13%) Cyberattack
2 33 (5.02%) Cloud Native
3 17 (2.59%) Onboarding
4 13 (1.98%) Driving Licence
5 12 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.83%) Security Posture
5 12 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.22%) Clustering
7 7 (1.07%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.07%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.07%) PKI
7 7 (1.07%) Robotics
8 6 (0.91%) Blog
8 6 (0.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (0.91%) Data Structures
8 6 (0.91%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 89 (13.55%) Windows
2 55 (8.37%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (1.67%) Android
4 11 (1.67%) Linux
4 11 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.22%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.91%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.76%) VMS
8 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (32.42%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (26.03%) AI
3 132 (20.09%) Business Intelligence
4 128 (19.48%) Mentoring
5 81 (12.33%) Agile
6 65 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (9.74%) DevOps
8 60 (9.13%) Ethical Hacking
9 55 (8.37%) CI/CD
10 52 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (7.15%) Machine Learning
12 38 (5.78%) Roadmaps
13 37 (5.63%) Computer Science
14 35 (5.33%) Full-Stack Development
15 33 (5.02%) Project Management
16 32 (4.87%) Technical Leadership
17 31 (4.72%) Analytics
18 30 (4.57%) Stakeholder Management
18 30 (4.57%) User Experience
19 28 (4.26%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 193 (29.38%) SQL
2 151 (22.98%) Python
3 93 (14.16%) C#
4 54 (8.22%) JavaScript
5 45 (6.85%) PowerShell
6 27 (4.11%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.65%) PHP
8 12 (1.83%) Java
9 9 (1.37%) C++
10 8 (1.22%) R
11 6 (0.91%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.61%) Bash
13 2 (0.30%) Bicep
13 2 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.30%) Scala
14 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 295 (44.90%) Azure Certification
2 83 (12.63%) CompTIA Security+
3 81 (12.33%) CompTIA CySA+
4 60 (9.13%) CEH
4 60 (9.13%) Degree
5 39 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (5.94%) Security Cleared
6 37 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (4.87%) CCNA
8 28 (4.26%) Network+ Certification
9 27 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (3.50%) SC Cleared
11 16 (2.44%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 9 (1.37%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.91%) CISSP
14 6 (0.91%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.76%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.89%) GDPR
2 18 (2.74%) QA
3 14 (2.13%) SLA
4 12 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.83%) GRC
4 12 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.83%) NIST
5 8 (1.22%) NCSC
6 7 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.07%) JSP 440
6 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.46%) PMO
9 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 91 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.52%) Docker
6 7 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.91%) vSphere
8 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 35 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.04%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.44%) Terraform
4 6 (0.91%) Ansible
5 4 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.61%) SolarWinds Orion
5 4 (0.61%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Nessus
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 470 (71.54%) Microsoft
2 164 (24.96%) ForeScout
3 37 (5.63%) Cisco
4 24 (3.65%) VMware
5 19 (2.89%) Adobe
6 18 (2.74%) Apple
6 18 (2.74%) Databricks
7 12 (1.83%) Google
8 11 (1.67%) SAP
8 11 (1.67%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.37%) Epicor
9 9 (1.37%) SolarWinds
9 9 (1.37%) Veeam
10 8 (1.22%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.07%) Aruba
11 7 (1.07%) Meraki
12 6 (0.91%) Cloudera
12 6 (0.91%) Dell
12 6 (0.91%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.91%) Salesforce